“WHEN MY husbandand I bought ourhome, we knew wewouldn’t need two double garages, butwe could easily envision transformingone of them into the sewing studio ofour dreams. We are both avid quilters,with multiple sewing machines, stacksof fabrics and supplies, shelves full ofbooks, and lots of tools and notions. Wehad some experience with renovationsand weren’t timid about tackling bigprojects, so we set about designing ourdream space. We love our sewing roomand use it every day. It’s attached to ourliving room, so we broke through thewall and added French doors, making ita beautiful extension of our living space. ”“WHEN WE found thehouse we wanted toretire in, it had anattached garage that we decided to transforminto our Bayou Bar and Music Room, to displayall our music memorabilia and our special lovefor New Orleans. A friend supplied a deadjuniper tree and a stack of weathered boards,and we came across a beautiful stained-glasswindow from an old church. We added an oldlobster cage and converted it into a light fixtureand painted the concrete floor to look likewood. Finishing touches are a squirrel in thetree, a harmonica-playing skeleton (Elwood)and a pirate skeleton (Laffite).”

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WHEN I T comes to garage conversions, Costco members are a creative bunch. The makeovers on these pages represent but a fraction of submissions we received from members who took regular
garages and turned them into their dream rooms.—T. Foster Jones